2025
Journal - Research Other
Paine, S., Foote, J., & Gauld, R. (2025). Principles for embedding learning and adaptation into New Zealand health system functioning: The example of the Viable System Model. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 138(1608), 118-128. Retrieved from https://www.nzmj.org.nz/
2024
Journal - Research Article
Norris, D., Foote, J., & Greatbanks, R. (2024). Mode 2 critical systems practice for complex safety decisions: Reflections from New Zealand's dairy industry. Systems Research & Behavioral Science. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/sres.3083
Hazelhurst, T., Foote, J., & Norris, D. (2024). Dollars and sense: Reviewing industry implementation of the climate-related disclosures mandate in New Zealand. European Journal of Sustainable Development, 13(3), 1-23. doi: 10.14207/ejsd.2024.v13n3p1
Paine, S., & Foote, J. (2024). Utilising VSM insights to address health system disconnects: Introducing three novel organisational pathologies. Kybernetes. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1108/K-11-2023-2450
Akmal, A., Podgorodnichenko, N., Greatbanks, R., Foote, J., Stokes, T., & Gauld, R. (2024). Towards the development of a system-wide quality improvement maturity model: A synthesis using systematic review and expert opinion. International Journal of Lean Six Sigma, 15(3), 503-540. doi: 10.1108/IJLSS-06-2021-0107
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Norris, D., & Foote, J. (2024). Integrated risk and resilience for complex system governance: Renewing the value of algedonic signal warnings. Proceedings of the 37th Australian & New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference. (pp. 443-463). Retrieved from https://anzamconference.org/
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Fehoko, E., & Foote, J. (2024, July). Systemic mapping of barriers to generate solutions for equitable access to problem-gambling services in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the International Gambling Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.
2022
Journal - Research Article
Akmal, A., Podgorodnichenko, N., Stokes, T., Foote, J., Greatbanks, R., & Gauld, R. (2022). What makes an effective quality improvement manager? A qualitative study in the New Zealand health system. BMC Health Services Research, 22, 50. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-07433-w
Kirk, N., Robson-Williams, M., Bammer, G., Foote, J., Butcher, L., Deans, N., … Young, J. (2022). Where to for collaboration in land and water policy development in Aotearoa New Zealand? Guidance for authorising agencies. Kōtuitui, 17(2), 165-184. doi: 10.1080/1177083X.2021.1956979
Akmal, A., Foote, J., Podgorodnichenko, N., Greatbanks, R., & Gauld, R. (2022). Understanding resistance in lean implementation in healthcare environments: An institutional logics perspective. Production Planning & Control, 33(4), 356-370. doi: 10.1080/09537287.2020.1823510
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Foote, J., & Nicholas, G. (2022). Designing for system and social/political viability in nation-scale systemic interventions: A New Zealand example to address family violence. Journal of the International Society for the Systems Sciences, 66(1), 3915. Retrieved from https://journals.isss.org
2021
Journal - Research Article
Ruckstuhl, K., Short, S., & Foote, J. (2021). Assessing the Labour Government's new procurement approach through a Māori economic justice perspective. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 33(4), 47-54.
Hepi, M., Foote, J., Ahuriri-Driscoll, A., Rogers-Koroheke, M., Taimona, H., & Clark, A. (2021). Enhancing cross-cultural evaluation practice through kaupapa Māori evaluation and boundary critique: Insights from Aotearoa New Zealand. New Directions for Evaluation, (170), 51-65. doi: 10.1002/ev.20457
Akmal, A., Podgorodnichenko, N., Foote, J., Greatbanks, R., Stokes, T., & Gauld, R. (2021). Why is quality improvement so challenging? A Viable Systems Model perspective to understand the frustrations of healthcare quality improvement managers. Health Policy, 125, 658-664. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2021.03.015
Harding, T., Oetzel, J. G., Foote, J., & Hepi, M. (2021). Perceptions of co-designing health promotion interventions with Indigenous communities in New Zealand. Health Promotion International, 36, 964-975. doi: 10.1093/heapro/daaa128
Oakden, J., Walton, M., & Foote, J. (2021). Contracting public health and social services: Insights from complexity theory for Aotearoa New Zealand. Kōtuitui, 16(1), 180-195. doi: 10.1080/1177083X.2020.1822422
Nicholas, G., & Foote, J. (2021). Interpreting practice: Producing practical wisdom from qualitative study of practitioner experience. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 24(3), 369-379. doi: 10.1080/13645579.2020.1799635
Journal - Research Other
Foote, J., Midgley, G., Ahuriri-Driscoll, A., Hepi, M., & Earl-Goulet, J. (2021). Systemic evaluation of community environmental management programmes [Decision support]. European Journal of Operational Research, 288, 207-224. doi: 10.1016/j.ejor.2020.05.019
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Garry, T., Foote, J., Wilkes, J., Fraser, M., & Jourdin, H. (2021, June). The value of applied research and knowledge transfer beyond universities. Panel discussion at the Otago Business School DBA Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.
2020
Journal - Research Article
Akmal, A., Greatbanks, R., & Foote, J. (2020). Lean thinking in healthcare: Findings from a systematic literature network and bibliometric analysis. Health Policy, 124, 615-627. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2020.04.008
Nicholas, G., Srinivasan, M. S., Beechener, S., Foote, J., Robson-Williams, M., & FitzHerbert, S. (2020). Transferring the impacts of pilot-scale studies to other scales: Understanding the role of non-biophysical factors using field-based irrigation studies. Agricultural Water Management, 233, 106075. doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106075
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Greatbanks, R., Akmal, A., Foote, J., Wood, L., & Podgorodnichenko, N. (2020). Can pull demand be applied within health systems pathways? Proceedings of the Annual Centre for Health Systems and Technology (CHeST) Symposium: Improving Healthcare with Emerging Technologies. Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/healthsystems/symposium/index.html
2019
Journal - Research Article
Nicholas, G., Foote, J., Kainz, K., Midgley, G., Prager, K., & Zurbriggen, C. (2019). Towards a heart and soul for co-creative research practice: A systemic approach. Evidence & Policy, 15(3), 353-370. doi: 10.1332/174426419x15578220630571
Beaton, A., Manuel, C., Tapsell, J., Foote, J., Oetzel, J. G., & Hudson, M. (2019). He Pikinga Waiora: Supporting Māori health organisations to respond to pre-diabetes. International Journal for Equity in Health, 18, 3. doi: 10.1186/s12939-018-0904-z
2018
Chapter in Book - Research
Foote, J., Hepi, M., Rogers-Koroheke, M., & Taimona, H. (2018). Supporting indigenous environmental health action: A vignette. In J. McIntyre-Mills, N. Romm & Y. Corcoran-Nantes (Eds.), Balancing individualism and collectivism: Social and environmental justice. (pp. 387-393). Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-58014-2_18
Journal - Research Article
Hepi, M., Foote, J., Makey, L., Badham, M., & Te Huna, A. (2018). Enabling mātauranga-informed management of the Kaipara Harbour, Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 52(4), 497-510. doi: 10.1080/00288330.2018.1521845
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Mitchell, S., Macmillan, A., Priest, P., Morgaine, K., & Foote, J. (2018, December). Understanding AMR in New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the 4th One Health Aotearoa (OHA) Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand.
2017
Journal - Research Article
Finsterwalder, J., Foote, J., Nicholas, G., Taylor, A., Hepi, M., Baker, V., & Dayal, N. (2017). Conceptual underpinnings for transformative research in a service ecosystems context to resolve social issues: Framework foundations and extensions. Service Industries Journal, 37(11/12), 766-782. doi: 10.1080/02642069.2017.1351550
Hepi, M., Foote, J., Finsterwalder, J., Moana-o-Hinerangi, Carswell, S., & Baker, V. (2017). An integrative transformative service framework to improve engagement in a social service ecosystem: The case of He Waka Tapu. Journal of Services Marketing, 31(4/5), 423-437. doi: 10.1108/JSM-06-2016-0222
Turner, J. A., Williams, T., Nicholas, G., Foote, J., Rijswijk, K., Barnard, T., … Horita, A. (2017). Triggering system innovation in agricultural innovation systems: Initial insights from a community for change in New Zealand. Outlook on Agriculture, 46(2), 125-130. doi: 10.1177/0030727017708500
Journal - Research Other
Oetzel, J., Scott, N., Hudson, M., Masters-Awatere, B., Rarere, M., Foote, J., … Ehau, T. (2017). Implementation framework for chronic disease intervention effectiveness in Māori and other indigenous communities. Globalization & Health, 13, 69. doi: 10.1186/s12992-017-0295-8
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Robson, M., Bammer, G., Barker, P., Foote, J., Greenhalgh, S., Haremate, G., … von Pein, T. (2017). The Collaboration Lab: The transformative role of collaboration in managing our land and water. In L. D. Currie & M. J. Hedley (Eds.), Proceedings of the 30th Annual Fertilizer and Lime Research Centre (FLRC) Workshop [Occasional Report No. 30]. [Full Paper]
2016
Journal - Research Article
Winstanley, A., Ahuriri-Driscoll, A., Hepi, M., Baker, V., & Foote, J. (2016). Understanding the impact of democratic logics on participatory resource decision-making in New Zealand. Local Environment, 21(10), 1171-1184. doi: 10.1080/13549839.2015.1127218
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Turner, J. A., Williams, T., Nicholas, G., Foote, J., Rijswijk, K., Barnard, T., … Horita, A. (2016). Triggering system innovation in agricultural innovation systems: Initial insights from a Community for Change in New Zealand. Proceedings of the 12th European International Farming Systems Association (IFSA) Symposium. Retrieved from https://www.harper-adams.ac.uk/events/ifsa/
Commissioned Report for External Body
Rogers-Koroheke, M., Taimona, H., Clark, A., Hepi, M., & Foote, J. (2016). Tukua te wai kia rere: Evaluation report. Commissioned by Hokianga Health Enterprise Turst. Christchurch, New Zealand: Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited. 26p.
Foote, J., Baker, V., Hepi, M., Nicholas, G., Moana-o-Hinerangi, Carswell, S., … Taueetia-Su’a, T. (2016). Research to improve the up-take of service by people considered hard to reach: Synthesis of findings and a practical guide for service innovation. Commissioned by Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. The Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited. 8p.
Hepi, M., Moana-o-Hinerangi, Foote, J., & Carswell, S. (2016). Making services reachable: He Waka Tapu case study. Commissioned by He Waka Tapu. The Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited. 59p.
2015
Commissioned Report for External Body
Foote, J., Carswell, S., Wood, D., & Nicholas, G. (2015). Measuring the effectiveness of ‘whole-of-system’ response to prevent family violence. Commissioned by Superu. Christchurch, New Zealand: Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited. 80p.
2014
Commissioned Report for External Body
Foote, J., Taylor, A., Nicholas, G., Carswell, S., Wood, D., Winstanley, A., & Hepi, M. (2014). Toward a transformed system to address child abuse and family violence in New Zealand. Commissioned by The Glenn Inquiry. Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited. 150p.
Foote, J., Taylor, A., Carswell, S., Nicholas, G., Wood, D., Winstanley, A., & Hepi, M. (2014). Selecting interventions to reduce family violence and child abuse in New Zealand. Commissioned by The Glenn Inquiry. Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited. 63p.
Foote, J., Hepi, M., & Nicholas, G. (2014). An evaluation of the reorientation of child and adolescent oral health sciences. Commissioned by Ministry of Health. Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited. 72p.
2013
Journal - Research Article
Midgley, G., Cavana, R. Y., Brocklesby, J., Foote, J. L., Wood, D. R. R., & Ahuriri-Driscoll, A. (2013). Towards a new framework for evaluating systemic problem structuring methods. European Journal of Operational Research, 229(1), 143-154. doi: 10.1016/j.ejor.2013.01.047
2007
Journal - Research Article
Hepi, M., Foote, J., Marino, M., Rogers, M., & Taimona, H. (2007). "Koe wai hoki koe?!", or "Who are you?!": Issues of trust in cross-cultural collaborative research. Kōtuitui, 2(2), 37-53. doi: 10.1080/1177083X.2007.9522423
Foote, J. L., Gregor, J. E., Hepi, M. C., Baker, V. E., Houston, D. J., & Midgley, G. (2007). Systemic problem structuring applied to community involvement in water conservation. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 58(5), 645-654. doi: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602248
Midgley, G., Ahuriri-Driscoll, A., Foote, J., Hepi, M., Taimona, H., Rogers-Koroheke, M., … Wood, D. (2007). Practitioner identity in systemic intervention: Reflections on the promotion of environmental health through Māori community development. Systems Research & Behavioral Science, 24(2), 233-247. doi: 10.1002/sres.827
2004
Journal - Research Article
Foote, J. L., North, N. H., & Houston, D. J. (2004). Towards a systemic understanding of a hospital waiting list. Journal of Health Organization & Management, 18(3), 140-154. doi: 10.1108/14777260410548400
2001
Awarded Doctoral Degree
Foote, J. L. (2001). Towards a systemic understanding of hospital waiting list: Boundaries, meaning and power (PhD). Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10179/2158